Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-04

Charged With FaIsehOod by the Lon. don Times He Demands that the
 Editor be Brought Up to Prove His

Charged With FaIsehood by the Lon- don Times He Demands that the Editor be Brought Up to Prove His Charge.
 LONDON, May 3-Mr. Lewis, Conservative in the House of Commons this afternoon
 called the Houses attention to the breach of
 privilege committed by the London Times
 charging MT. Dillon with having told false-
 hood when he denied the papers allegations
 that he was an accomplice of Sheridan, the
 1nvincible. MT. Lewis concluded as follows:
 ''These wholesale charges of lying against
 MT. Dillon constitute a distinct breach of
 privilege. I move that the House take mo-
 tice of them" MT. Muntz, another Conser-
 vative, seconded the motion. Speaker Peel,
 answering Mir. Dillon, said that if the House
 decided that the article quoted by MT. Lewis
 was breach of privilege a motion could be
 made calling the offenders to the bar of the
 House to answer for their conduct in com
 hitting the breach. The Rt. Hon. W. H.
 Smith on behalf of the government moved
 that the House adjourn in order that the
 question of fact might be argued. MT. Dill lon said he desired to have the question
 brought to an issue right off. He denied the right of MT. Lewis to take course putting him on the defensive until his accuser was
 brought to the bar of the House. When the publisher of the Times stood at the bar he Oillon) would prove him as base and cow ardly liar ever existed. (Parnellite cheers.) MT. Sexton said the Irish party had been challenged much lately and had been taunted with not taking up the challenge; now they took it up and insisted upon an in- quiry by the House. (Cheers.) MT. Sexton, continuing, said it was for an assembly Of English gentlemen to say whether for the future it's Irish members were to be exposed to the attack of every rufian calling himself the editor of a newspaper. The House should let the assailed members have an inquiry by committee. 'tThen,' said MT. Sexton, 'slet the Times bring forward it's battalions of forgers and liars. The Irish members will prove that they have been subjected to sys tenn of moral assassination. They will be able fully to justify themselves" (Cheers.)
 Mr. Bradlaugh opposed MT. Smiths mo- ton and charged the government with con niving at the offering of MT. Lewis motion and that the debate was a concerted plan to place in the hands of the Conservatives wea- pons to assist them in the passage of the odious coercion bill. Sir William Vernon Harcourt said that though ostensi- ply Mir. Lewis motion was against purpose of attacking MT. Dillon and was 8 covert method of accusation by one section of the members of the House against anoth- CT, yet when the Irish members asked for an instant opportunity of meeting the charges it was sought by the government to adjourn the House. Mr- Holmes, attorney general for Ireland denied that the motion was made of fha Ha had never heard of the motion until it was made. On behalf of the government he dis claimed any intention of postponing the de- bate for party purposes. If the publisher of the Times was at once called to the bar of the House the House would be unable to hear evidence in support of the charges and would be required to decide the question off hand. In the absence of the publisher or other responsible persons a motion to ad- iourn for inquiry was the best way to arrive at the truth (cheers).
 Mr. Gladstone opposed the motion to ad- journ. He said MT. Dillon had been charged with having stated deliberate falsehood while addressing the House. If anything constituted a breach of privilege this was a breach. The parties accused demanded an immediate trial. It was impossible that the House could resist. It had always been the deal without delay with a motion relating to 8 breach of privilege, afterwards, in special cases, appointing select committee of in- quiry.
 A division was then taken on the motion to adjourn, resulting in a vote of 213 in favor of the motion and 174 against it. MT. Smith moved that on Thursday the House resume of the question. MT. Sexton moved that it be taken up to morrow. MT. Dillon demanded to know whether the editor of the Times would be brought to the bar of the House. MT. Smith could only say that the usual course would be followed. It was then agreed to take the question up again to-